Susanna Kubelka

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Susanna Kubelka (2015)

Susanna Kubelka von Hermanitz (born September 1942 in Linz ) is an Austrian writer . She has lived in Paris since 1981 .

Career

After graduating from high school, she was a temporary elementary school teacher, then studied English and received her doctorate in 1977. phil. with a thesis on the way women are portrayed in 18th century English novels. Long stays in France and Australia preceded her work as an editor for the Viennese daily newspaper Die Presse . Kubelka was once briefly married to an Englishman and also lived in London for four years, but is now divorced.

Kubelka has been a committed vegetarian since 1984 because of her love for animals.

With her first book - the brilliantly researched non-fiction book Endlich über40 (1980) - she achieved a worldwide success. Encouraging, intelligent and cheerful novels, most of which are set in the exile in Paris, followed, of which the most famous Ophelia learns to swim and the youngest is Das sprengelte Mieder . Her books have been translated into 29 languages ​​worldwide.

In German-speaking countries, her books are published by the Lübbe publishing group .

Private

Susanna Kubelka is the sister of the filmmaker Peter Kubelka .

Works

  • Finally over forty. The mature woman owns the world (1980)
  • I begin again. Happiness and Success in Second Career (1981)
  • Castle present, prince wanted. A cheerful novel (1983)
  • Ophelia is learning to swim. The novel of a young woman over forty (1987)
  • My Vienna (1990)
  • Madame Comes Later Today (1993)
  • The busted bodice (2000)
  • The Second Spring of Mimi Tulipan (2005)
  • Adieu Vienna, Bonjour Paris (2012)

Web links

Commons : Susanna Kubelka  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

literature

  1. ^ Susanna Kubelka: The Eighteenth Century Novel Heroine - a changing ideal. A study of novel heroines from Aphra Behn to Jane Austen , Vienna 1977, Univ. Diss., February 2, 1977
personal data
SURNAME Kubelka, Susanna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kubelka from Hermanitz, Susanna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz